International

Loretta Lynch refuses to explain prosecution decision on Hillary Clinton emails

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday she won’t answer any more questions about her decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her mishandling of classified information, saying only that it would be “inappropriate” for her to get into details. She put the onus on FBI Director James Comey, saying that she accepted his recommendation – […]

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USA

Letters portray Blagojevich as model prisoner as lawyers seek his freedom

CHICAGO — In more than four years behind bars, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has become known simply as “The Gov.” Serving a 14-year term for sweeping corruption charges, Blagojevich keeps busy in the Littleton, Colo., prison by exercising incessantly, working in the law library and teaching history to inmates seeking their high school equivalency

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USA

Behind a Bill Clinton speaking engagement: $1,400 hotel phone bill, $700 dinner for 2

WASHINGTON — When former presidents and other dignitaries traveled to California to wax nostalgic on the speaking circuit, they may have been demanding, but none insisted on being flown from San Francisco by private jet to a venue just 70 miles down the freeway. That was before Bill Clinton came along. Clinton changed the rules

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USA

‘The truth about human rights NGOs will now be revealed’

MK Robert Ilatov of Yisrael Beytenu expressed satisfaction at the passage late Monday of the NGO “transparency law”, which he authored together with Jewish Home MK Betzalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, also of Jewish Home. “Organizations that present themselves as objective but are funded by foreign countries are unacceptable in a democratic country,”

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Middle East

Republican party can bind convention delegates to Donald Trump

CLEVELAND – Virginia cannot impose criminal penalties on Republican convention delegates who refuse to vote for Donald Trump but the GOP can still force them to back the billionaire businessman, a federal judge ruled Monday. Mr. Trump’s campaign said the decision clears the path for him to collect the nomination next week in Cleveland, saying

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USA

BDS activists lie to enter Israel, authorities can’t stop them

The Christian Recruitment Forum and the Zionist Foundation for Israel have revealed that a leading BDS organization is acting freely in Israel, despite violating Israeli laws. Israel Hayom reports that the World Council of Churches (WCC), one of the world’s leading proponents of BDS, founded the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in

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Middle East, USA

Jeb Bush: I can’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, ‘and it breaks my heart’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – who along with a few other 2016 GOP presidential candidates still refuses to support Donald Trump – said he still can’t vote for either Mr. Trump or likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton and I can’t vote for Donald Trump, and it breaks

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USA

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back

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Middle East, USA

Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a New Hampshire rally Thursday morning, at last ending a searing and closer-than-expected primary campaign against the former secretary of state. “It is not enough to win the nomination,” said Sanders at Portsmouth High School Thursday, joined by Clinton on stage. “Secretary Clinton has won

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USA

Editor’s Mailbag: July 12, 2016

Here are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Middle East Roundup: July 12, 2016

Israeli official urges UNESCO to reject ‘effort to distort’ Jerusalem’s history (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold sent a scathing letter to the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday (UNESCO), criticizing a draft UNESCO resolution that calls for a return to the “historic status quo” on the Temple

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Middle East

In memory of a fallen hero from Exodus-47

  By Jerry Klinger July 18, 1947, in international waters off the coast of Sinai, a shadowing British battle fleet attacked an unarmed American Chesapeake Bay steamer, the President Warfield. They had been shadowing the lumbering vessel since she left Sete in France. A warning to stop and submit to boarding came from the light cruiser

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